Joan Peyser | |
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| Born | Joan Gilbert June 12, 1930 |
| Died | April 24, 2011 (aged 80) |
| Education | BA Barnard College (1951) MA Columbia University (1956) |
Joan Peyser (June 12, 1930 – April 24, 2011) was an American musicologist and writer, particularly known for her writing on 20th-century music and for her biographies of George Gershwin, Pierre Boulez and Leonard Bernstein. Her biography of Bernstein was, according to Leon Botstein, the first attempt at a critical account of his life and work.[1]
- ^ Botstein, Leon, "Psychobiography of a Maestro", The New York Times, May 10, 1987